My url is too long for my PPC ad!

Christie Love · 08-05-2009, 09:40 AM

Hello fellow Warriors,

Can you tell me how to run a PPC ad on a Wordpress product review page when the product page url looks like this.

http://www.site.com/category/health-...flexbeltreview.

Is there a way to promote a site with a url that's extremely long? As I understand it, only 25 characters can be displayed in the url.

Or, is there a way to clean up the url to make it work with PPC?

Thanks!

charlesburke · 08-05-2009, 10:06 AM

Hi Christie,

I kept running into the same problem with long URLs, so I bought a couple of domains strictly for placing redirects. One of them is a 4-character name I picked up when it expired, and the other is a 5-character name - both dot-coms. Doing it this way is like having your own private "tinyurl.com" but shorter.

Wonder if that'd work for you?

Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand,
Charles

Netcel · 08-05-2009, 10:13 AM

The display URL can be abbreviated anyway, so it's not necessary to include it all.

http://www.site.com/category/health-...flexbeltreview

could become

http://www.site.com/theflexbeltreview

And it would all be within Google rules

geargish · 08-05-2009, 10:33 AM

Exactly my thinking (same as Netcel),
I would just use the main domain name as the display url. So something like "My Site . com" *please excuse the spaces, am getting a link block error. even though it goes into a deeper url.

Lucid · 08-05-2009, 11:03 AM

You don't need to put the whole URL in the display part. Oh, and don't put the http:// part like Netcel did. It will be acceptable but just looks weird in your ad.

You have 35 characters to use in the display URL section. These are acceptable:

www.site.com
site.com
www.site.com/landingpage

the /landingpage part does not need to be an actual landing page. You can replace it with your keyword. However, if you do this, I recommend creating such a page and redirect it to your full URL.

JennyBizz · 11-19-2009, 09:17 PM

I am having the same problem - my homepage url is too long. I have tried to file an exception with adwords, but have not gotten a response yet. Ugh. If I had known then what I know now...

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Christie Love The Fabulous One War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 930 Thanks: 11 Thanked 79 Times in 68 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	My url is too long for my PPC ad! Hello fellow Warriors, Can you tell me how to run a PPC ad on a Wordpress product review page when the product page url looks like this. http://www.site.com/category/health-...flexbeltreview. Is there a way to promote a site with a url that's extremely long? As I understand it, only 25 characters can be displayed in the url. Or, is there a way to clean up the url to make it work with PPC? Thanks!
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charlesburke HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand. Posts: 304 Thanks: 106 Thanked 152 Times in 80 Posts Contact Info	Re: My url is too long for my PPC ad! Hi Christie, I kept running into the same problem with long URLs, so I bought a couple of domains strictly for placing redirects. One of them is a 4-character name I picked up when it expired, and the other is a 5-character name - both dot-coms. Doing it this way is like having your own private "tinyurl.com" but shorter. Wonder if that'd work for you? Cheers from warm and smiling Thailand, Charles
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Netcel HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 106 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Social Networking	Re: My url is too long for my PPC ad! The display URL can be abbreviated anyway, so it's not necessary to include it all. http://www.site.com/category/health-...flexbeltreview could become http://www.site.com/theflexbeltreview And it would all be within Google rules
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Lucid Senior Warrior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,094 Thanks: 10 Thanked 121 Times in 115 Posts	Re: My url is too long for my PPC ad! You don't need to put the whole URL in the display part. Oh, and don't put the http:// part like Netcel did. It will be acceptable but just looks weird in your ad. You have 35 characters to use in the display URL section. These are acceptable: www.site.com site.com www.site.com/landingpage the /landingpage part does not need to be an actual landing page. You can replace it with your keyword. However, if you do this, I recommend creating such a page and redirect it to your full URL.
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JennyBizz HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Louisiana Posts: 216 Thanks: 231 Thanked 101 Times in 65 Posts Social Networking	Re: My url is too long for my PPC ad! I am having the same problem - my homepage url is too long. I have tried to file an exception with adwords, but have not gotten a response yet. Ugh. If I had known then what I know now...
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